Regularly use my membership at the gym I now have a treadmill at home and regularly use it!

Undertake my internship at the Art Gallery of South Australia working with the Arts & Craft collection [edited: it became impossible for me to actually do this, so I’m undertaking my internship locally in 2010]

Learn how to drive a manual car on the road [edited: I did it in 2009! I did it! And I still absolutely love it]

Successfully keep more then succulents alive in my garden

Attend a life drawing or sketching course

Visit Rose Seidler House in Sydney

Complete a scrapbook on my gorgeous dog [edited: its only a small one but I did finished it in 2008]

Stand outside Tiffany’s in New York sipping a coffee and eating a danish

Volunteer with a local charity to give back [It has been a great experience working with an amazing group of people. I hope to do more when I can {2012}]

Have enough stability in my life to have pets [edited: yay! I have two cats now. When we have a bigger place I’m getting another dog!]

Find true love [edited: He was there all along but it took me awhile to realise it. And in October 2009 I finally did]

Sell my MGB in order to buy myself a more reliable and economical car [edited: I now have a reliable car AND I still have my MGB. I’m hoping to restore it when I have the funds but I can’t bare the thought of parting with her]

See Picasso’s Guernica

Spend another day in Monet’s garden painting amongst the dappled light

Live in Paris

Never run out of Burberry perfume

Find the ultimate handbag [edited: Manzoni, how I love thee]

Buy an iPod

Spend more time getting to know my brother [edited: we live and work together but we are stronger for it and I love him dearly [2009]]

Truly appreciate the wonderful friends I have

Learn to love exercise

Believe in my ability to write beautifully

Create my own studio to write, scrap and design

Drink more water and less coffee [edited: yeah, right]

Stick to the diet I know makes me feel better physically and mentally

Stop stressing that I will fail every essay I write and every exam I sit [edited: why change a lifetime of habit? :)]

Learn to let go of the past [edited: its part of me but it doesn’t control me]

Spend more time with my grandmother

Own a Norman Lindsay print and display it prominently

Spend a week in Leura exploring the Blue Mountains and the walking tracks